Christmas Stampin' All Year Long this week challenge is to make a white card, I did one of these a few weeks back (on my own - lol) - so this time I added a splash of color for my base card to match my ink.The subtle image you see is actually a Cuttlebug Embossing folder.It may be hard to see - it is a house amongst the snow drift with new fallen snow. click on the pic below to see a close up.Pearls added for the falling snow. The Sentiments are from Inkadinkado.

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Hi Gals!Thanks for the awards these past few days! My carpel tunnel has been flaring up so I have been laying low - but I want to thanks these wonder folks.This one I got from Lauren at LEMphotography on 6-16-09, also from Claudette on 6-24-09 and ~chevygirl~ on 6-27. Thank you all!

Monday, June 22, 2009

I am going to a Baby Shower on Saturday and I have so many card ideas to make but will save some for when the baby arrives.

Base card cut at 5" from the Cricut Wild Card cartridge (safety pin)Baby Blessing cut at real dial size 2"Piglet is from the Pooh and Friends cart - he was cut at 1 3/4"Blanket is my own handmade creation - cut/drawn then run through the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder.

Made a couple cards for our sons to give today.Both are made from the Wild Card Cricut cartridge. The yellow based card is from page 41 - Key #10 "joy". The blue based card is from page 45 key # 14 "triangle".I cut them at 5". The Happy Father's day is from key # 45 in case you are wondering.Liners were also cut to add to the front of the card, I embossed those using The Cuttlebug embossing folders then adhered to the front.Inside were embellished with various "odd" cuts from the cartridge as well. I think they look cool - for our 16 yr old sons to give to "dad".

Hi all,I am on her daily feed list and follow her wonderful blog - she is giving away a wonderful cart full of "candy". Hop on over to: Going Buggy and leave a comment to enter. She will be drawing the name on June 30th.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Created these two swoop cards (ref page 42 of the manual) as they are called using the Cricut Wild Card cartridge. This is my first time useing this cut on the cartridge. Base card set at 4". The first card was set with the flip option. I used the cut out piece as the base for the sentiment. Just one way to use scraps. I cut out a scrap piece of green so the personal message could be seen and did some doodling. I think this makes a great male thank you card.

Using the same pp for the liner on the cover - this is the second card. I kept to the idea of the swoop card, but added two Martha Stewart punch for added detail to the front of the card. Made this more feminine.

Our boys are turning 16 tomorrow and wanted to create cards to reflect their personality.Both cards were made from Cricut's Wild Card cartridge for the base card and the Happy Birthday Sentiment. Did you remember there are numbers and alphabet also on the cart!! So the 16 was also cut from WC. Indie Art was used for the accents - the skull and the star. Stamps used were 7gyspies to break up the background.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

I was poking around the tutorials on Splitcoaststampers web site and came across this rather intriguing card. The main cuts and scores are so easy! What takes a bit of time is the inner paper piecing rectangles... and choosing your coordinating card stock. Fortunately I used a Scrap Pack from Colorbok so they all matched. The phrases and hearts were cut using the Cricut Wild Card cart. Ribbon is from Wal-Mart. Also entered this card in the Cuttlebug Spot Challenge# 35: FathersDay/Masculine projects

What the card looks like when it is fully closed.

Card fully opened

another view fully opened (Center section - I will put a private message to my dad.)

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

This week the task (challenge #34) was to create an Anniversary card. How fitting as I needed to make a 25th card!Since 25th anniversaries are silver I used silver mettalic card stock from Michael's. These mettalics are stunning. The bottom edge was done with a wonderful punch from Martha Stewart. Three Cuttlebug folders used on this card, flowers and birds, swiss dots and the heart from the To/From set.(I did this twice and raised the accent with foam squares.Stampin' Up ticket punch used through out the card to edge the corners. Coluzzle used to cut the ovals and some bling in the corners.